Advanced Nurse Practitioner- Breast Care

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board; Northampton; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group is seeking an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner to support the breast surgery service and mastalgia pathway. You will lead clinics, assess and manage patients, and work with consultants to deliver high-quality breast care across Northamptonshire.

The role requires advanced nursing credentials, non-medical prescribing where possible, and leadership in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary environment to improve patient outcomes and service

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with advanced practice credentials.
• Experience in breast surgery or mastalgia pathways preferred.
• Non-Medical Prescriber qualification is advantageous and may affect banding.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct clinical care within the breast surgery pathway.
• Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment for breast patients.
• Make independent clinical decisions with senior support.
• Teach and mentor staff to promote quality of care.
• Work with multidisciplinary team to deliver best-practice care.
• Run clinics across Northamptonshire as required.

Skills

Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Non-Medical Prescriber

Clinical Breast Examination

Leadership / Management

Team Collaboration

Communication with Patients

Education

Master's Degree/equivalent in relevant field

Registered Nurse Status

Job description

Are you an experienced qualified nurse? Are you highly motivated and willing to promote change? Are you a team worker with a healthy work ethic and eager to learn? Then look no further, this role could be for you!, The practitioner will work alongside the consultant surgeons and lead Advanced Nurse Practitioner to support both the mastalgia pathway for Northamptonshire and the diagnostic/follow up breast clinics. You will:

• Provide direct clinical care and practice within your scope of competence. Assisting in the provision of Outpatient clinicsand care of patients within the breast pathway
• Assess diagnose, plan, implement, and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients that present to the breast surgery service.
• Make independent clinical decisions and initiate invasive and non-invasive treatments, care, treatments, and technological interventions with the support of senior colleagues.
• If qualified, act as an independent non-medical prescriber, working within agreed protocols.
• Work collaboratively with all members of the multidisciplinary team to provide best-practice clinical care to breast patients and their carers.
• Facilitate learning and provision of education. Teaching and providing mentorship and support to other staff within the Trust to promote quality of care.
• Evaluate the care and management of patients within the breast service and specifically the Mastalgia pathway, using clinical audit, presenting outcomes locally and nationally., We care about our patients and each other. We consistently show kindness and empathy and take the time to imagine ourselves in other people's shoes.
• Educated to Registered Nurse Status equivalent level of education, training or experience
• Master's Degree/equivalent in relevant field
• Surgical Experience, Management or leadership qualification
• Non-medical Prescriber
• Surgical First Assistant Qualification, Experience within an acute secondary care setting as band 6 or above
• Enthusiasm for learning and ongoing professional development
• Awareness and understanding of current issues within advanced practice and the NHS, Experience working as a First Assistant within the theatre setting
• Experience of staff management, The ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive and/or contentious information in complex situations
• The ability to communicate with patients and their family/carers during stressful or emotional circumstances
• The ability to foster a positive learning culture
• The ability to demonstrate accuracy in personal record keeping and adhere to information governance regulations regarding storage and sharing of data, Passionate and committed to bring our Dedicated to Excellence values to life, improving the way we work with each other, particularly focusing on empowerment, equality diversity and inclusion of our staff, patients and service users
• The ability to work as part of an inter-disciplinary team to take direction and offer suggestions for service improvement
• Able to work from various locations across Northamptonshire
• ble to demonstrate personal duty of care in relation to the safe use of equipment and other resources
  Kettering General NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust are both part of the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group. Both are separate hospitals/employers with hospital board and leadership. We share a group executive team leading on a shared vision, mission, priorities, strategies and Dedicated to Excellence Values.
  An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Full-Time Qualified post in Breast surgery as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner. This vacancy is a permanent post.

We take responsibility for our decisions, our actions and our behaviours. We do what we say we will do, when we say we will do it. We acknowledge our mistakes, and we learn from them. We value each other, embrace diversity, and make sure everyone feels included. We take the time to listen to, appreciate and understand the thoughts beliefs and feelings of others. We are consistently open, honest, and trustworthy. We can be relied upon; we stand by our values, and we always strive to do the right thing. We dare to take on difficult challenges and try out new things. We find the strength to speak up when it matters, and we see potential failure as an opportunity to learn and improve.

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of all Roles and Responsibilities.

The role was originally developed to enable new ways of working, specifically, the Mastalgia pathway for the Northants region. This is a nurse-led service allowing both Northampton and Kettering General Hospital patients with breast pain to be seen in clinics based outside of the main hospital. Dependent on experience, you will be expected to run these clinics under remote supervision. You will also support the breast clinicians in diagnostic and follow up clinics and generally support the breast nursing team. The applicant will be expected to hold a Non-Medical Prescribing qualification at level 6 or above and be qualified in Clinical Breast Examination. However we will consider a practitioner qualified in clinical examination without the prescribing course. This may affect the banding of the post being offered.